U. Tuncay Alparslan
,Assistant Professor
After getting his PhD from Cornell University in 2006, Tuncay Alparslan served as an Assistant Professor at University of Nevada, Reno until he joined the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at AU in 2009. His primary research interests are in p... [More]
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Gregory Busse
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Busse received his Bachelors in Psychology from Tulane University and his Masters and Doctorate in Psychology from American University. He worked for several years for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration leading the team responsible for develop... [More]
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David Carlini
,Department Chair, Biology
I conduct research in the fields of molecular evolution and population genetics. Current projects focus on the functional significance of genetic variation in protein coding genes. For example, we have demonstrated that "silent" variation in DNA sequ... [More]
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Albert Cheh
,Department Chair, Environmental Science
Albert Cheh received a BA in Chemistry from Columbia and a PhD in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley. His research focuses on the biochemistry of enzymatic digestion of biomass to produce cellulosic ethanol biofuel. He recently supervised two NIH postdocs... [More]
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Victoria Connaughton
,Associate Professor
Dr. Connaughton’s research interests encompass the disciplines of developmental biology (nervous system development) and neurobiology. Specifically, she is interested in examining the relation between visually-guided behaviors in larval teleosts and ... [More]
David Culver
,Professor
David C. Culver did his undergraduate work at Grinnell College and his PhD at Yale University.The author or editor of five books and over 100 articles, he has studied many aspects of the biology of subterranean animals, especially cave animals.His fi... [More]
CAS - Environmental Science
James Girard
,Department Chair, Chemistry
Dr. James Girard teaches analytical, environmental and forensic chemistry, as well as chemistry for non-science majors. He is the author of a textbook for environmental and chemistry students, Principles of Environmental Chemistry. He is also the aut... [More]
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Michael Gray
,Associate Professor Emeritus
Prof. Gray received his PhD in Physics from Pennsylvania State University in 1968, after which he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto in 1968-1969. In 1969-1972, he was an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Oregon Graduate Cente... [More]
Mary Gray
,Professor
A statistician and lawyer, Professor Gray’s areas of research include applications of statistics to human rights, economic equity, legal issues, and education. She is the founder of the Association for Women in Mathematics, a fellow of the American S... [More]
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Monica Jackson
,Associate Professor
Monica Christine Jackson was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She obtained a B.S. and M.S. degree in mathematics from Clark Atlanta University. She completed a PhD in applied mathematics and computational science from University of Maryland.... [More]
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Robert Jernigan
,Professor
Robert W. Jernigan holds a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida and is a Professor of Statistics at AU. He was formerly Senior Statistician, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Statistical Policy Branch and Visiting Researcher at the Smithson... [More]
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Kiho Kim
,Associate Professor
Dr. Kim is a marine ecologist specializing in tropical coral reefs. His research focuses on understanding the role of diseases in marine ecosystems and the synergistic effects of environmental factors, such as nutrient pollution and climate change, i... [More]
CAS - Environmental Science
Monika Konaklieva
,Associate Professor
Dr. Konaklieva’s research is in the area of exploring different approaches for delaying of microbial resistance. Current projects include computer-aided design and synthesis of novel beta-lactams as well as development of synthetic methodology for pr... [More]
CAS - Chemistry
Jun Lu
,Associate Professor
Jun Lu got his Bachelor's degree in statistics from East China Normal University in Shanghai, China, his hometown. he then went to University of Missouri-Columbia, from where he received his Ph.D. in 2004. Since then, he has been a faculty member at ... [More]
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Stephen MacAvoy
,Assistant Professor
Working in biogeochemistry and ecology, Stephen E. MacAvoy has been particularly interested in areas where marine and freshwater systems interface such as those that appear in tidal aquatic environments. He studies how nutrients flow through and are ... [More]
CAS - Environmental Science
Elizabeth Malloy
,Associate Professor
Professor Malloy received her PhD in Statistics from the University of New Mexico and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research interests include functional data analysis, biostatistics,... [More]
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Inga Maslova
,Assistant Professor
Inga Maslova received her BS in Mathematical Statistics from Vilnius University, Lithuania. She got her MS and PhD in Statistics from Utah State University. She joined the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at American University in 2009. Her p... [More]
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John Nolan
,Professor
Prof. Nolan has taught at the University of Zambia (in Africa), and Kenyon College (in Ohio), and worked in a software company before coming to American University. His main research interests are in probability theory, with a focus on heavy tailed s... [More]
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Catherine Schaeff
,Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Schaeff's main research interests are conservation biology, molecular ecology and behavior. She uses molecular DNA techniques in conjunction with behavioral data to investigate gene flow patterns within and between populations (e.g., right whales... [More]
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Christopher Tudge
,Associate Professor
Dr. Tudge is primarily a reproductive biologist with particular interests in the reproductive biology of invertebrates. His research focuses on the reproductive cells and associated structures, evolutionary mechanisms, and reproductive behaviors of m... [More]
CAS - Biology